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SUSE: CVE-2017-5938: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-5938: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/21/2017
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-viewvc

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